TMC on a roll, wins 13 out of 17 zilla parishads in WB
Russian Maria Sharapova signalled she might be close to a return to top form by dismissing 10th seeded Nadia Petrova 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the $2 million Toronto Cup on Monday. While her current ranking of 49th in the world suggests Sharapova provided a big upset, in reality it was a routine victory for the three-time Grand Slam winner as she improved her record against Petrova to 8-1.
West Bengal government on Wednesday moved an appeal before a division bench of Calcutta High Court challenging a single bench order that directed registration of an FIR against Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal for his controversial comments against women and a CID probe into it.
Drawn against each other in the opening round of the clay-court championships, Paes will team up with Russia's Nadia Petrova, while Bhupathi will partner China's Jie Zhang.
Victoria Azarenka from Belarus battled her way into the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Monday with a hard-fought 7-6, 2-6, 6-3 victory over Russia's Nadia Petrova.
Olympic champion Elena Dementieva began her warm-up for Wimbledon with a swift 6-2, 6-2 win over fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko at the Eastbourne International on Monday.
Maria Sharapova came back from a break down in the decider to book her place in the third round of the French Open with a 6-2, 1-6, 8-6 victory over fellow Russian and 11th seed Nadia Petrova on Wednesday.
The death toll due to Monday's havoc caused by Cyclone Aila in West Bengal rose to 45 on Tuesday.
Former Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli beat seventh seed Caroline Wozniacki 7-6, 6-4 at the Stuttgart Grand Prix on Thursday to set up a quarter-final against world number three Elena Dementieva. World number one Dinara Safina also moved into the last eight with a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 win over Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and will now meet Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska.
Images from Day 11 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Wednesday.
Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang stunned fourth seeded pair of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Nadia Petrova in straight sets to storm into the doubles semi-finals of the USD 220,000 the MPS Group Championships in Florida.
Sania Mirza and her Chinese Taipei partner Chia-Jung Chuang reached the doubles quarter-finals of the $ 220,000 MPS Group Championships in Florida, but not before some late scares.
Serbia's Jelena Jankovic celebrated her imminent return to the top of the world rankings with an easy 6-4, 6-3 victory over Nadia Petrova in the Stuttgart Grand Prix final on Sunday.
Jelena Jankovic won a fierce scrap with Venus Williams 6-7, 7-5, 6-2 on Saturday to set up a Stuttgart Grand Prix final against Nadia Petrova. Unseeded Russian Petrova's 6-4, 6-4 victory over Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the opening semi-final was straightforward by comparison.
The Centre on Friday rejected West Bengal government's request for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the gang rape of a 71-year-old nun at a convent school in Nadia district, a day after the CID achieved a breakthrough in arresting two suspects 12 days after the heinous crime took place.
While man and a woman were reported killed when trees came crashing down on them in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, a 13-year-old girl died in a similar incident in adjoining Howrah. No casualties have been reported from Odisha yet.
Sania Mirza bowed out of the singles event at the Australian Open on Wednesday after losing to 10th seed Nadia Petrova in the second round. The Indian ace, whose ranking ha dropped to 108 followina a long injury lay-off, lost 3-6, 2-6 in a little under 70 minutes.
While Kapil is an academy member of the Laureus World Sports Awards along with Australian cricket legend Steve Waugh, Yuvraj has been invited in role of an ambassador.
Sania Mirza will kick off her Australian Open campaign with a first round match against Marta Domachowska of Poland and might run into 10th seed Nadia Petrova if she clears the hurdle in the first Grand Slam of the year. Ranked a lowly 107th after her long injury layoff, Sania would take on world number 61 Domachowska hoping to get past the player who beat her in their only previous meeting in a hard-court tournament back in 2003.
Leander Paes continued his winning run to advance to the mixed doubles' semifinals but it was curtains for Mahesh Bhupathi at the US Open.
World number one Jelena Jankovic will face defending champion Elena Dementieva in the Kremlin Cup semi-finals. Both players had to fight hard to overcome their unseeded opponents Friday. Dementieva eliminated fellow-Russian Nadia Petrova 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 while Jankovic beat Italian Flavia Pennetta 7-6, 6-3.
Russia's Nadia Petrova muscled her way into the final of the Stuttgart Grand Prix with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Victoria Azarenka of Belarus on Saturday.
The incident triggered protests, with locals alleging delay in arrival of police and attacking the force. They also torched a police vehicle.
Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova muscled their way to straight-set wins on Saturday to set up an all-Russian final at the Pan Pacific Open.
Top-seeded Daniela Hantuchova slumped out of the Bali Classic on Saturday, beaten 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 by Austrian teenager Tamira Paszek in the semi-finals. In the other match, Switzerland's Patty Schnyder defeated Russian Nadia Petrova 7-5, 6-1.
Nadia Petrova claimed a routine 6-3, 6-1 victory over Japan's Aiko Nakamura to reach the second round of the Bali Classic on Tuesday.
Franka Potente is tipped to star in Vishal Bhardwaj's next film, Julia.
With Hindi Medium and Angrezi Medium, the "English-medium" actor of independent movies shows she can easily fit into mainstream Hindi movies too.
Fifth seed Elena Dementieva recovered from a mid-match meltdown to beat fellow Russian Nadia Petrova 6-1, 6-7, 6-3 on Tuesday and reach her first Wimbledon semi-final.
Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska won the biggest prize of her career when she beat Russian Nadia Petrova in a close-fought final at the Eastbourne International tournament on Saturday.
Bird flu has spread to fresh areas in affected West Bengal districts of Howrah, Birbhum and Nadia, while a large number of chickens died in North 24 Parganas, which is still not among the 13 affected districts.
Samples from two more blocks of Nadia district, three blocks of Burdwan district and two blocks of Birbhum districts were confirmed to be positive for bird flu.
World number one Justine Henin scored and easy win over Marion Bartoli while Amelie Mauresmo went through when her Russian semi-final opponent Nadia Petrova pulled out with injury.
Petrova sustained a groin injury before her shock first-round defeat to Akiko Morigami at the French Open last month.
The chief minister, speaking at her first major political rally after the Lok Sabha polls, also said the party will launch a statewide protest on July 26, demanding return of black money "siphoned off" by the BJP.
Mukherjee had stitches in the head at Bethuadahari Primary Hospital and his condition was stable.
The triumph will put the 19-year-old Serb, who reached this year's French Open final and Wimbledon semi-finals, fourth in the rankings.
The Indian ace had trouble returning Sharapova's serves and watched the Russian tear apart her second serve in the quarter-finals of the San Diego Classic.
Czech Lucie Safarova stunned world number five Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-3, 6-4 to set up a semi-final clash with Belgium's Justine Henin at the Paris Open on Friday.
Romanian Nadia Comaneci, the first gymnast to receive a perfect mark of 10 at the Olympics, has been named as her sport's world-record woman by the World Records Academy.
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